topic How to create maptips in Arcpad in ArcPad Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/how-to-create-maptips-in-arcpad/m-p/733005#M5313 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello, </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I have created maptips in ArcGIS and then checkout the layer to ArcPad10, put I am not able to see them in Arcpad. Please tel me how to create maptips in Arcpad 10.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thank you, </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Asawari</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:48:53 GMT asawarithuse 2011-12-06T12:48:53Z How to create maptips in Arcpad https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/how-to-create-maptips-in-arcpad/m-p/733005#M5313 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello, </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I have created maptips in ArcGIS and then checkout the layer to ArcPad10, put I am not able to see them in Arcpad. Please tel me how to create maptips in Arcpad 10.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thank you, </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Asawari</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:48:53 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/how-to-create-maptips-in-arcpad/m-p/733005#M5313 asawarithuse 2011-12-06T12:48:53Z Re: How to create maptips in Arcpad https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/how-to-create-maptips-in-arcpad/m-p/733006#M5314 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Asawari,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Unfortunately, MapTips are not supported in ArcPad.&nbsp; While this could potentially work on a desktop computer (but has not been included in ArcPad), devices that run a Windows Mobile OS would not be able to utilize this technology.&nbsp; MapTips allow you to hover your mouse over a feature and return a text string.&nbsp; The Windows Mobile OS requires that you actually tap on the screen, it does not allow for "hover" capabilities.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>My best suggestion would be to create a custom pointer tool which would automatically return either the entire attribute table or a message box containing the info from a few controls when a feature was selected by clicking on the map.&nbsp; This, however, would require that you have a background in vbscript or jscript.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:58:19 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcpad-questions/how-to-create-maptips-in-arcpad/m-p/733006#M5314 TimHopper 2011-12-12T13:58:19Z